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Fred Neil
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Jackson C. Frank
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Karen Dalton
388,437 listeners
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Tom Rush
76,718 listeners
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Tim Buckley
634,683 listeners
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Dave Van Ronk
193,197 listeners
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Leonard Cohen
2,010,434 listeners
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Rodríguez
372,779 listeners
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Roy Harper
130,579 listeners
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